The frugal housewife; or, experienced cook : wherein the art of dressing all sorts of viands with cleanliness, decency, and elegance is explained in five hundred approved receipts ... / originally written by Susanna Carter, but now improved by an experienced cook in one of the principal taverns in the city of London.

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To pot Ox-cheek, Venison, Vent. beef into a deep dish, pour over it a pint of red wine, and let it lie in it for two days, then season it with mace, pepper and salt, and put it into a pot with the wine it was steeped in ; add to it a large glass more of wine; tie it down with paper, and bake it three hours in a quick oven ; when you take it out, beat it in a mortar or wooden bowl; clarify a pound of butter, and put it in as you see it requires ; keep beating it till it is a fine paste, then put it into your paste ; lay a paper over it, and set on a weight to press it down : the next day pour clarified butter over it, and keep it in a dry place for use. To pot Oxrcheek, When you stew an ox-cheek, take some of the fleshy part and season it well with salt and pepper, and beat it very fine in a mortar with a little clear fat skimmed off- the gravy ; then put it close into your potting-pots, and pour over it clarified butter, and keep it for use. To pot Venison. If your venison be stale rub it with vinegar, and let it lie an hour ; then dry it clean with a cloth, and rub it all over with red wine ; season it with beaten mace, pepper, and salt; put it on an earthen dish, and pour over it half a pint of red wine, and a pound of butter, and set it in the oven ; if it. be a shoulder, put a coarse paste over it, and bake it all night in a brown- bread oven ; when it comes out pick it clean from the bones, and beat it in a marble-mortar, with the fat from your gravy ; if you find it not seasoned enough, add more seasoning and clarified butter, and keep beating it till it is a fine paste ; then press it hard down into your pots, and pour clarified butter over it, and keep it in a dry place. To pot Veal. Cut a fillet of veal into three or four pieces; season it with pepper, salt, and a little mace ; put it into pots with half a pound of butter; tie a paper over it, and set it in a hot oven, and bake it three hours ; when you take it out cut off all the outsides, then put the veal in a marble-mortar, and beat it with the fat from